Hamilton 48 05. Oscar Piastri denies he will replace Fernando Alonso at Alpine next The internet exploded with memes flying around at any opportunity as speculation rose as to why Piastri was rejecting the Alpine seat. Prez 87 03. [39] Title rival Sargeant finished sixth, leaving both drivers tied on 160 points going into the final race. Damon Hill: Max Verstappen ist von der Rolle, Skandal in Baku: Ocon fassungslos ber FIA-Fehler, Helmut Marko: Das ist alarmierend fr uns, Ralf Schumacher: Verstappen gegen Prez ein Problem, Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes/6. Equally, they could force the Australian, who continues to perform his simulator duties back at the teams base in England, to race for them. Oscar Piastri is set to compete in the Azerbaijan GP despite struggling with illness. Who is Oscar Piastri? The latest Australian to join the F1 grid [73][74], A hearing of the FIA's Contract Recognition Board (CRB) commenced on 29 August 2022 with the intention of determining whether Piastri was contracted to Alpine, or if he was free to join a different team for 2023. The 21-year-old Melburnian finished 10th, and although he then managed to get through the immediate post-race range of television interviews, he pulled out of McLarens customary written media session later in the evening. After serving as Alpine F1 Team's reserve driver and having previously attended the team's driver training, Oscar Jack Piastri is an Australian racing driver competing for McLaren in the 2023 Formula One World Championship. * Season still in progress. Oscar Piastri F1 case could end up in high court, says Alpine boss Nach Rang 10 im Sprint vom Samstag floh Piastri sofort ins Hotel, um sich zu erholen. 2008 G. Pantano In the same year, he made his single-seater debut as he took part in the 201617 Formula 4 UAE Championship for Dragon F4. Piastri 4 12. But on Friday, the Victorian thanked the team for the backing they had long given him. Alpine complained, arguing they had a contract with Piastri, while the driver and McLaren said the opposite. According to MailOnline, he said: Through the race, the illness didnt impact me too much but Im a lot lighter than I was at the start of the weekend. I wish today had gone a bit better and a bit higher up but tomorrows a new day.. Drama. Newly crowned FIA Formula 2 Champion, Oscar Piastri tells us his story so far: how it all started, moving to Europe to pursue his dream, joining the Alpine A. 2023 McLaren Driver Oscar Piastri has joined us on the PitStop podcast on OUR SOFA for todays very special episode. He bagged the 2019 Formula Renault Eurocup, the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship as well as Formula 2 Championship with Prema Racing in 2021. "It will be soon thereafter, and then, once we have all the information in front of us, we'll start looking at who will fill the open seat." 1996 E. Bernoldi Oscar Piastri missed out on the points by less than three seconds at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday and the Aussie is lamenting three doses of awful luck.